Yes, I was that woman on the beach with a library book about urban planning. And loved it. One of my vacation goals was to think big pic...

Imagine an institution with a commitment to rigor, depth, and delight in the exploration of contemporary culture. Imagine a prize competi...

This post is a hypothesis I'm exploring. Please amplify, poke holes, ask questions, and help me learn. There are lots of places wher...

It's not every day that a visitor buys pizza for everyone in the museum. Or that visitors form a spontaneous "laugh circle"...

Pop-Up Museum [n]: a short-term institution existing in a temporary space.  a way to catalyze conversations among diverse people, medi...

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. During the ensuing discussion, one ...

At a recent talk, a colleague from the Exploratorium asked me a very simple question. He noted that many institutions I talk about that succ...

This morning, in less than fifteen seconds, I saw live video of: a guy on the phone, lounging in front of his computer a guy taking a pho...

Yesterday, I did a workshop with some local teenage girls in an after school program. I asked them to take the social object challenge - to ...

"Where were you last night?" If someone asked you that question, how would you answer? Answers will differ depending on who's ...

I sat down this morning to write a negative review of an exhibit. Now, two hours of YouTube exploration later, I'm not sure what I thin...

I've spent the last two weeks working on the third chapter of my book about network effects of social participation. This can be an in...

In April, I gave 13 UW graduate students a simple challenge: make an exhibit that gets strangers to talk to each other. 10 weeks, $300, and...